I was laid off last week :-). Got a nice little payoff, spending a few months finishing a side project I was working on. I'll probably go back to free lancing,

I was laid off last week :-). Got a nice little payoff, spending a few months finishing a side project I was working on. I'll probably go back to free lancing, I have been for years, I went staff as a bit of an experiment - there is no difference between it and contracting, everything people say to lure you into a staff position is nonsense, just a way to save pennies. Edit: I started there as a contractor, then went staff after a break in between, little annoyed by it, but oh well. A couple of people I've known for years - hard times they say, losing customers etc, no more development, yada, yada. They're moving everything into support, hoping that will stem the tide, hope it works for them, time will tell.